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From: cpm@datlog.co.uk (Paul Merriman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Important new program: cleanit.c
Message-ID: <1046@dlhpedg.co.uk>
Date: 12 Oct 89 17:10:21 GMT
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>Personally, I think a far better and more elgant solution would be virtual
>screens. You simulate N terminals on one.  When you hit ALT-n, the contents
>of the screen and replaced by that of terminal , and the keyboard is attached
>to terminal n.  In effect, you are timesharing the one screen into n
>windows.  Again, the trick is localize everything so that there are no tentacles
>all over the place.  It won't be easy.
>
>Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)

As a user of the wonderful 'screen' utility for BSD systems I can say I'm
wholeheartedly in favour of the Virtual Terminal concept. You have all the 
benefits of a terminal server connection provided in a more readily usable
fashion - I actually have a terminal server connection but prefer to run
several sessions from the screens to other machines. 'Screen' was actually 
posted recently and is PD but as it uses socket technology it probably 
wouldn't be any use to MINIX users.


Paul Merriman (cpm@datlog.co.uk)